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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I like the silver eagles but that's about all..
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United States
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I don't necessarily "love" them but I pick up the 90% silver one each year to keep the set current from when they started making them again in 1992.
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 United States
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Some weird internal tic in me makes it so I can only handle proofs next to uncirculated. I can't put circulated and proof in the same album. So if my series is circulated-- I only buy the P & D Dansco. If my series is uncirculated, I buy the P & D and Proof Dansco. I think that is the norm and not caring is what makes me odd. I have no problem with the juxtaposition of such diverse items. I enjoy the contrast.  |
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United States
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I bought the kennedy set with reverse proof in it, and I buy ASE proofs. I really like the reverse proofs, they are awesome. As far as mint sets, I don't may much attention to the new stuff coming out, but I found myself buying a few 70's and 80's proof sets from a coin show for $3 each, and I wouldn't pay any more. It would be cool to gradually collect most of the clad proof sets, so I can fill out all the proof holes for my kennedy, washington, roosevelt, lincoln albums all at once. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I love proofs, especially Ikes!
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United States
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I love proofs, especially Ikes!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
814 Posts |
I can go either way. I certainly don't go out of my way to buy them (the lone exception being the 1961 proof Franklin half I bought many years ago, 'course back then I had no idea what a proof coin was; I was just buying my first Franklin, that's all). I do, however, appreciate the few proofs I've snagged from circulation, including a 1973-S Ike (clad) which resides in one of the extra holes in my Ike Dansco, several clad Kennedy halves and Washington quarters, and a 1963 silver quarter in cameo proof. I may fill out the rest of the proofs in my Ike set, which is one of only two business strike sets I've completed (the other being P&D Kennedy halves). Since there are relatively few coins, and the silver ones are cheap, this is certainly doable on my budget. |
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United States
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I admit it I like proof coins. My set of modern dollars are proof, I have all the ASE's in proof baring the 1995 w, I have all the silver proof sets since my birth year 1958, I have a proof 66 cameo set of Franklin halves short three, a proof seated half, Barbor half and Walking Liberty half. In short I'm a proof fanatic. |
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Valued Member
United States
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Yeah a proof of a classic coin sounds like a complete different animal. Sure, the modern ones are good, and it's cool to be able to obtain them for fairy cheap, but I can't imagine how awesome a coin like a seated half, or walker proof would look when most circulated examples are so worn.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I love 'em with a passion. Classic proofs, especially, but modern proofs are pretty cool as well.
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United States
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I bought the kennedy set with reverse proof in it... Love this set!  Quote:
I love proofs, especially Ikes! Love this comment. Quote:
I do, however, appreciate the few proofs I've snagged from circulation, including a 1973-S Ike (clad) which resides in one of the extra holes in my Ike Dansco, Love this find.  |
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United States
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I don't particularly care about Proofs these days, the concept has lost it's meaning. They are no longer the first run of fresh dies but now specialty items that have legal tender status, no more than legal tender tokens.
I consider a type or year/mint collection complete without proof-only coins, so my US pennies, halves, etc. collections are considered complete without "S" mint mark coins.
I occasionally buy proof sets and might buy a few loose proof coins to fill a hole in a book but I don't go out of the way to do it.
One more reason I don't like proofs: Every time I type it I spell it "prrof" and I have to go back to fix it. Don't know why, just a weird thing with my fingers I guess.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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They are better looking coins I will give them that, but just another way to spend ones money.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
604 Posts |
I collect the 92-present silver proof sets but I do prefer to see a coin with lots of luster over a coin with a mirror finish.
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They are no longer the first run of fresh dies but now specialty items that have legal tender status, no more than legal tender tokens. Hasn't this always been the case? I think you may be confusing proofs with proof-like coins. Yes, proof-like coins (especially Morgan dollars) are prized because they were struck on fresh dies and have a nearly mirror-like finish as a result, but they also made actual proof Morgan dollars (and other coins) back in the 1800s that had special dies and specially prepared blanks. These were not made for circulation and were produced in extremely limited number for collectors even way back then. For example:   |
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